Gimme a Break! - Season 2 - Eps 20: Greenlawn Street Blues
When Samantha reads Nell part of her essay she is doing on the Cheif for school, Nell tells her it would be a good idea to go to the police station and observe her father in his daily routine. When she gets there she observes several different scenarios. One scenario involves Mr. Swackhammer having a plumber arrested for stealing his toilet, which he claims flushes up and not down, since the plumber says he didn't pay for it after it was installed. Another Scenario involves a teenage girl that claims her dentist impregnanted her while she was under anesthesia, but the Cheif realizes it's a fraud story and knows that she is only trying to cover up for her boyfriend getting her pregnant and he volunteers to tell the girl's parents which she agrees to. The final scenario involves a mother and father worried about their missing baby in the supermarket. The father of the baby snaps and doesn't like the way the Cheif handles the job. However, in the end, the child is brought to the police st
About Gimme a Break!

Title: Gimme a Break!
First Air Date: 1981-10-29
Last Air Date: 1987-05-12
Status: Ended
Rating: 6.7/10 (from 27 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 6
Total Episodes: 137
Network: NBC
Genres: Comedy, Family
Production Companies: Reeves Entertainment Group, Alan Landsburg Productions, Mort Lachman & Associates
Synopsis
Gimme a Break! is an American sitcom which aired on NBC for six seasons, October 29, 1981, until May 12, 1987. The series stars Nell Carter as the housekeeper for a widowed police chief and his three daughters.
Cast

Nell Carter
Nell Harper

Lara Jill Miller
Sam Kinisky

John Hoyt
Stanley Kanisky

Joey Lawrence
Joey Donovan

Telma Hopkins
Addy Wilson

Matthew Lawrence
Matthew Donovan

Paul Sand
Marty

Rosie O'Donnell
Maggie O'Brien

Rosetta LeNoire
Maybelle Harper